What Would Happen If Mosquitoes Were “Human Size”?

There are more than three thousand species of mosquitoes, which appear more often with the arrival of the summer months and make our lives miserable with both their sounds and bites. They also cause nearly two million deaths worldwide each year, as they play a role as a carrier of diseases such as malaria and West Nile virus. It may come as a surprise to you, but that’s actually it. The reason they are dangerous is that they are “minnak”.

what about mosquitoes how dangerous they would be if they were human sized, Could they survive at that size? Let’s find answers to these questions.

Contrary to popular belief, mosquitoes do not feed on blood. They feed on sugars and water in nectars. Then why do they bite us and suck our blood?

Because female mosquitoes to be able to lay eggs and continue their generation. it only needs proteins and lipids found in animal blood. That’s why only female mosquitoes bite us.

A standard mosquito weighs 2.5 mg, but needs about 1 mg of blood to produce 40 eggs. In their lifespan, which averages two to six weeks, They can lay up to three hundred eggs.

But what if mosquitoes were human-sized?

If a female mosquito was about the size of a human, weighed about 79 kg, and needed three times her body weight in blood during her lifetime, she would produce 300 eggs. It would need 237 liters of blood.

Assuming that there is an average of 5 liters of blood in the human body, the average for a mosquito to lay an egg is He should have sucked 47 people’s blood to the last drop.

After a while, the human population would start to decline and it would be difficult for female mosquitoes to find blood.

Perhaps because the mosquitoes will grow to a gigantic size. they could be a new species of prey. On the other hand, eating mosquito eggs and larvae from animals such as birds, bats, and spiders could reduce mosquito populations.

Also, human-sized mosquitoes by killing cattle would create chaos in the meat industry and in nature.

But could a human-sized mosquito weighing 79 kg survive in our atmosphere?

probably not. Arthropods breathe through openings called “spiracles” that connect to a branching windpipe. Thus, the oxygen distribution in their body is ensured. Also, because of this system, the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere limits their growth.

During the Carbon Age, the amount of oxygen on Earth was almost 35%. For this reason, arthropods were gigantic at that time, but today the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere is 21%.

This rate not enough for a human-sized mosquito. Even if it were sufficient, mosquitoes would have to develop a stronger exoskeleton system to support this weight. Also, probably because they need more nectar to survive. they would starve.

Besides, if mosquitoes were human-sized, some of the birds, bats and spiders that feed on them would also increase in size.

We may not see human-sized mosquitoes recently, but we may see an increase in giant flies called “Gallinippers”.

These mosquitoes are different from other flies 20 times they are larger and native only to North America. Also, this fly species is so big that they can bite you even through your clothes.

At the same time, “Gallinippers” with increasing global temperatures as mosquitoes are cold-blooded and need temperatures above 26 degrees Celsius. They can easily increase their range and population.